â¤0.2 mg/dL. Measurement of the levels of bilirubin is used in the diagnosis and treatment of liver, hemolytic, hematologic, and metabolic disorders, including hepatitis and gall bladder obstruction. The assessment of direct bilirubin is helpful in the differentiation of hepatic disorders.
Ritchie Valens. In an all too brief career, Ritchie Valens was the first Chicano rock and roll star, having his best remembered hit, La Bamba, just one month before his untimely death with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper on February 3, 1959.
He claims to have won a coin toss with Ritchie Valens -- but then gave up his seat on the plane due to the cost. MASON CITY â Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts claims he gave up his seat to Ritchie Valens on the night Valens, Buddy Holly and J. P. Richardson died in a plane crash north of Clear Lake. âI was 19 when I lost three friends in a plane crash ...